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Economists make confident assertions in op-ed columns and on cable news--so why are their explanations at odds with equally confident assertions from other economists? And why are all economic predictions so rarely borne out? Harnessing his frustration with this contradiction, Schlefer set out to in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schlefer, Jonathan, 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Economics.
Economists.
Economics
Économie politique.
Économistes.
economics.
economists.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Reference.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Comparative.
Economists
Wirtschaftstheorie
Wirtschaftsmodell
Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Methode
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Table of Contents:
  • The metaphor of the invisible hand
  • What do economists do?
  • In search of a model
  • Economics when society matters
  • Chasing a chimera
  • Utopia
  • This imperfect world
  • Entering the realm of production
  • What caused income inequality?
  • Understanding an uncertain world
  • In the long run
  • In the short run
  • The golden age of capitalism
  • Economies in crisis
  • Thinking about economies.

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